The mayors of nine upstate New York cities urged regulators...
The mayors of nine upstate New York cities urged regulators to closely review Verizon’s spectrum deal with the Spectrum Co. cable companies, they said in a letter to the FCC and the Department of Justice. Though Verizon’s FiOS is widely…
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available in New York City and “affluent suburbs,” the proposed deal would remove any incentives for Verizon to offer high-speed service to the state’s other urban centers, the letter said. The mayors also worried that the deal would lead to higher prices, fewer service options and “a growing digital divide.” The cities are: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Cortland, Elmira, Kingston, Syracuse, Troy and Utica.